LadyCrimson

Make it white chocolate macadamia nut cookies and hot chocolate, and maybe. Except I can't, because glucose levels. Ah well. Maybe I could try being a "whale" in some idiotic mobile game that I could play on the tablet, on the couch. *looks at some mobile games, fine print* "app purchases to $299" Uh, holy... not quite that bored (or rich), yet. Back to zombies.

To be honest/fair,I don't really care what my avatar is - I don't put tons of thought into it, outside of "why can't I make this dress BLUE, darnit". At this point I barely play any games where avatar/chr even matter. In my head all player-avatars are "me" - not in terms of any real-world "representation", but I mean that I am not a purposeful role-player - thus I suppose I pick avatars that represent what I idealistically might pick out of a real closet or be attracted to in real life. Including hair styles/deco, colors, or whatever. I remember in Hogwart's, one of the youthful male avatar face options strongly reminded me of a childhood "boyfriend", which made me laugh, and I picked that one. That's about as deep as I go.

My current level of energy/enthusiasm for anything.

Suzume - well lots of great reviews. I can understand the reviews, but for me it was simply nothing special. Animation is beautiful, and ofc I thought the "cat" chr was a little amusing/interesting in its small (but important) role, but story didn't do much for me and admiring the animation sequences was about it. Maybe I couldn't quite get past the talking chair. Not that there's anything wrong with human-transformed talking chair, any more than a talking cowboy toy. But I never felt like I grew interested in the chr. behind it. Actually, same with most of the chrs.

Yeah, I'm pretty much the same. Which is why (in fantasy) I probably tend to pick wizards or assassins or necro's or whatever else (that and I'm more ranged/stealth type vs. melee). The WWF wrestler type dressed up as Conan/He-Man or bulky/weird glory-armor with a giant helmet does nothing for me aesthetically.

I gave up expecting much re: the "general population" intelligence ratio a long time ago. Especially in terms of actual lasting effects. Individuals can/do some remarkable things, but en masse we tend to be irrational idiots. LC, spreading her positivity everywhere!

Heehee. This is why all modern day games that emphasize costumes etc. should have the transmog ability. That was one of the best things about the Hogwart's game, for me. I don't play many games that offer such, sadly.

Some people could wear a dirty potato sack and they are still gorgeous. But not many people want to play/roleplay a chr. wearing a potato sack, outside of temporary humor value. I think many think of attractive-wear as something that accentuates the form in an aesthetic way, vs. hiding it. The "problem", if it is one, is that this sometimes seems to translate into "how naked can we make it feel without being technically naked." Which for me is an aesthetically and artistically boring goal. I'm more into the elegance and material flow, re: female game/fantasy clothing. Don't care if it's real-life practical re: combat, it's just aesthetics. Well, unless one is actually making a historically accurate game perhaps. So I will pick outfits/chrs. that appeal to me more in that regard, vs. what I think of as an "ugly" outfit. For male figures - I dunno. I still like elegant or a bit more formal, like robes or more aristocratic styles or certain East Asian influences. For the record, in real life, I would never want to wear any of the fantasy outfits, male or female. They look uncomfortable. T-shirts and sweatpants, that's me. I don't even like real-world dresses. I've had to wear more formal dresses for a few occasions here and there and I hated every second of it. Just me tho. But I still like pretty on game characters. *shrug*

More games should have (human) characters with slumped shoulders or slouched backs or maybe bow-legged. I get tired of all the ram-rod perfect-posture like they have poles stuck up their

Sorry to hear/condolences, majestic. As always, our pets lives are never long enough. Well, unless your pet is an elephant or something, I suppose. But I digress.

Oh, I have no doubt it'll happen at some point. But right now, it doesn't matter the candidate's merit - there are still plenty of people who aren't ready for a female US President (vs Mayor/Senator etc), whether consciously or not. They may not be (talking) on this forum, but we're a pretty small demographic. As someone who disliked Mrs. Clinton a whole lot, I'd agree Kamala is much different, but eh. Her short campaign time did not help at all either, I'm sure. Well, I would consider that extremely "sucky", but then again, he didn't bring about the total downfall of the US/world his first term, so I guess I can at least hope that'll be true again. The knowledge he couldn't try to run again is also a sour-grapes plus I suppose. Or he'll die from old age before his term is up anyway.

We can all feel super smart for being able to get around/being nerdy enough to know how to alter things as we want (unlike the average consumer, which is what a lot of companies bank on, imo) but we're sorta still part of the statistical problem as users. Not that everyone has a choice in the matter, I know. I'm just in a very negative headspace re: current US state of AI/computer/digital dependence and monopolistic/privacy/profit sharing-investor desperation cycles. At least Google's being taking to task on something, recently. Something's gotta give (for a while - a new cycle) at some point.

^ Yeah I disable and got rid of tons of stuff in Win10Pro manually with the group policies and PowerShell. I've only updated Win10 "important files" twice I think, when a game demanded it. I'm sure I'd do the same with Win11. Edit: I always purchase the O/S, vs. free upgrading of previous. If I could buy an "enterprise" version for home I would (well, in the past, dunno about 11). But hubby says Win11 is also pushing for the MS account login to run it. That you can disable it but hard to find without knowing how. I'm sure they'll start pushing for subscriptions on top before long. It's just all going to the dogs.

I have now "Ignored" 2381 games on Steam. Maybe if I ignore 97,463 more, I might finally find/get shown something I like. If you can't tell from my blathering semi-bloggity increased presence, my sleeping has gone all to heck again. I've cleaned out (physical) file cabinets, cleaned files (virtual ones), a ton of laundry, dusted walls, baked a (low carb) cake, watched countless videos, watched some true crime episodes, tried to watch half a dozen movies, caulked a shower, watched hubby watching Prison Break, watched the rain and on and on. Can I go to sleep yet.

I watched this in syndication in the late 70's every day after school and I loved it. Maybe that explains a few things.

Another big factor for me is eventually having to decide if I'm going to deal with Win11 or finally try to deal with Linux re: gaming. Everything I hear re: what Win11 is up to/going to be up to (like that Recall stuff), makes me go "NO" 10000% more than Win7 to Win10 ever did. Maybe it's all overblown but ... sigh. Just an ol' granny who can't program a VCR, these days. I think the 9900k could be bios-updated to work with Win11, that thing, but not going to bother. If I go with Win11 it'd be on a new cpu/PC.

^ Yeah, the writing being "tutorial/hand holding" or "feel good therapy" seems to be a common complaint with those who don't like it. Can't say what I've seen contradicts it much. Combat looks like flashy but nothing special arpg flailing about. But I'm not playing it first hand so *shrug*. What Dragon Age was supposed to be the "good one/s," anyway? I vaguely recall the early ones coming out and I wasn't interested in those way back then either, because of my personal interests.

Winter. (US) time change (this weekend), Chilly feet (California chilly, that is). No new game interesting enough to actually pull the trigger on. Not much on the 'tube, either. At least there are always cat videos. <---- you can just put that on my tombstone

Hellbound - Netflix - first half of the episodes Hm. I knew one of the main lead actors was replaced because of an illegal drug use scandal/case. The replacement actor is doing an ok job but has much less intense charisma so it's not quite the same. Outside of that - the show has become more talky in the conspiracy/political-power aspirations type ways, in the way S. Korea likes to do, with too many characters/factions perhaps. So it starts out interesting, gets boring, becomes interesting, gets boring, repeat. It's not bad, but not as weirdly compelling as the 1st season. I also hear it ends on another sort of cliffhanger, which is a gamble. Sidenote: the problem with Netflix "originals" is that even if they greenlight more, it's often 2-4 years between any seasons. I'd guess partly because by the time they greenlight, it takes a while to get all involved schedules to align to work again, among other things. Whatever their methods, it often kills any momentum.

I was actually watching his (first ever) YT livestream when he interrupted it to stare at the camera to make his "early thoughts" video (that his editors cut out and post alone). Watching him play a bit, he does seem to be enjoying the game in a visceral way. But the specific dialogue and certain game systems he runs across, not so much. He's also still very early in the game. I'll be curious if it's one of the games he actually finishes or abandons the playthrough. He doesn't style himself as a reviewer, but he's (usually) a pretty optimistic/non-negative/rational sort. Always liked him. Sidenote: it's entirely possible my simplistic arpg brain might like some gameplay aspects about this game, but in my case I would be impatiently spamming my way through dialogue/cutscenes and getting irritated with the dialogue wheel, no matter whether it was good or not. It all looks so banal/been there conceptually before, and I wouldn't have the patience anymore. That's just me tho. I don't tend to play/choose games for immersive story.

Let's see, it's been ... over 5 years since I built my current rig, maybe? Based on stuff like this, I'll be hanging on to it for another 2-3+ years.

The Resident (tv series, via Netflix), several episodes --read Bruce Greenwood has a role in it (not a main lead but a higher supporting), so I gave it a shot because I like him. --a lot of focus seems to be regarding hospital patient care vs. business politics etc, but it's probably the worst medical series I've ever seen, far as the medical/patient emergency cases go. Just laughable. Not sure if I like the characters/situations enough to put up with it, ala House. At least House was sometimes funny.

The "content creator/influencers" - whether they purposely mean to/want to or not, often tend to foster/encourage a contentious, black and white sides audience/environment. And yes not just with gaming/YT. It's an internet culture thing or something. Did you guys see that jacksepticeye Help video? It's main aim was a mental-health fundraiser thing, but the intro first 2-3 minutes was like...yeah...that's the internet now (or at least how it often feels). "it's just people throwing rocks all the time."

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix) What a unique presentation and touching life-of/tribute type documentary. It got me in the feels. Thumbs up from me.

"Happy New Year, Welcome to 2024!" .... a few minutes later .... It's almost November already.